The fare for this month's county fair is a mix of salty, sweet and savory. At one end, a funnel cake stand. Right across, a taco booth. Hand-dipped corn dogs, caramel-covered apples and cotton candy are only some of the other offerings.

At the Sierra Corn Roaster booth, Josh Allen loads ears of corn still in the husk into a rotating oven set at 425 degrees. A 26-minute pass cooks the corn. It takes two rotations for a baked potato to be ready.

"It's on one of those lists where, you come to a fair, you got to have the corn dog, the funnel cake and the corn on the cob," he said.

More meal than snack, the $4.50 ear is also a bargain.

If hot is out of the question with the summer temperatures hanging around, Kim Sanders at Taste of Paradise has an answer in Hawaiian shaved ice, served as they do on the islands.

"The true Hawaiian way to eat shaved ice is with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the bottom of the shaved ice, and we put the ice on top of that, and then the flavors you pick and then sweetened cream on the top," she said.

The flavors to choose from include piņa colada, nonalcoholic margarita, blueberry and Tiger's Blood - a mix of strawberry, watermelon and coconut.

Food, she said, is probably one of the biggest reasons to come to a fair.

"It's things you don't normally get," she said.

For sure, patrons won't leave hungry. That's especially true at the barbecue stand, where Henner's employees also serve up freshly made potato chips covered in cheese and jalapeņos or bacon.

"You get plenty to eat," Henner said.

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